Tax policy for aging societies : lessons from Japan / A. Okamoto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okamoto, A. (Akira)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taxation--Japan.

Taxation.

Japan.

Physical Description:

xiv, 167 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : Springer, [2004]

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Taxation of interest income in an aging Japan : simulation analysis using a life-cycle general equilibrium model

3. Progressive taxes and intragenerational redistribution in an aging Japan

4. Simulating progressive expenditure taxation in an aging Japan

5. Inheritance taxes and tax reforms in an aging Japan

6. Integration of tax and social security systems : financing methods for a public pension scheme in a pay-as-you-go system

7. A life-cycle general equilibrium simulation model with continuous income distribution : an application to an aging Japan

8. Within-cohort inequality and tax reforms in an aging Japan

9. Summary and conclusions.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - Kyoto) under the title: Tax and social security reforms in an aging Japan.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and indexes.

ISBN:

4431220550

OCLC:

56755434